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“The first thing the average white Latin American player does when he comes to the States is associate with other whites. He doesn't want to be seen with Latin Negroes, even from his own country, because he's afraid people might think he's colored.”
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- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.60
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- cabe69cfdeb98328bca773eeba2e9b7263f5d26659c51df2ea2473b7d1cc5eed
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